Over a gigawatt of bids from battery storage project developers have been successful in the first-ever competitive auctions for low-carbon energy capacity held in Japan.
The Republic of Ireland’s environment minister Eamon Ryan was on hand last week as a 75MW/150MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) was officially inaugurated.
The amount invested in energy storage soared globally during 2023, while battery manufacturing will require the biggest share of spending among clean energy technologies by 2030 to achieve net zero.
The Canadian province of Ontario should put around 6GW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) on its grid by 2032 to cost-effectively meet demand and stay on track to hit net zero targets.
The government of Queensland, Australia, will invest in 48MW/96MWh of distributed battery storage and trial the use of flow batteries to integrate rooftop PV generation into local networks.
The Asia-Pacific region’s transition away from fossil fuels requires a combination of digital innovation and environmentally-friendly energy technologies, writes Nicolas Ma of Huawei.
Energy-Storage.news speaks with Jeff Bishop, CEO of Key Capture Energy about Michigan’s new energy storage target and why the Midwest could be the US’ biggest BESS market-in-waiting.
